Alexander the Great's cavalry was an elite military force but they may also have been the first to stumble upon Himalayan ...

The story of Bucephalus and Alexander has endured through the ages. This bond has been inspiring countless works of art, ...

much of Asia, extending his empire into India." The battle of 90,000 men saw Alexander's Macedonian army face the formidable Persian force for the first time. The Persian ruler Darius was warned ...

The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks ... scholar and explorer, Alexander led his army a further 11,000 miles, founding over 70 cities and creating an empire that stretched across ...

Alexander organised a mass wedding of Macedonian soldiers and Persian women, and gave them all generous golden dowries, and the marriages were extended way down into the Macedonian army.